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A Brief History of Religious Toleration

A Brief History of Religious Toleration

Gay Marriage, Kim Davis and the Birth of the Secular Mind

By George Makari | November 13, 2015

Against Lousy Holocaust Novels…

Against Lousy Holocaust Novels…

…And in Praise of the Unsung Masterpiece We Have to Blame for Them

By Dara Horn | November 11, 2015

The Origin Stories of 21 Indie Presses

The Origin Stories of 21 Indie Presses

Superhero Small Publishers and Their First-Ever Books

By Courtney Gillette | November 10, 2015

1946: The Making of the Modern World

1946: The Making of the Modern World

Victor Sebestyen

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 10, 2015

Reading Henry Dumas After Trayvon Martin

Reading Henry Dumas After Trayvon Martin

On the Genius of a Black Writer Killed by NYC Police in 1968

By Drew Johnson | November 4, 2015

Letters to Vera

Letters to Vera

Vladimir Nabokov, Brian Boyd, and Olga Voronina

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There Once Was a Dildo in Nantucket

There Once Was a Dildo in Nantucket

On the wives of whalers and their dildos, aka "he's-at-homes"

By Ben Shattuck | October 16, 2015

In Praise of Melville’s Whale Chapters

In Praise of Melville’s Whale Chapters

Happy Pub Birthday, Moby-Dick, You are the Best

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Hitler-Spotting at the Frankfurt Bookfair

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In Which the German Literary Scene is Compared to a Serial Killer

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